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Poster:	Diana Hamilton	Date:	February 10, 2006 11:02:21pm
Forum:	etree	Subject:	Re: Archiving Viruses?

Good question! Though I don't know, I wouldn't be surprised if a few viruses have been archived along with the rest of the web. IIRC I have successfully downloaded .exe files from the old versions of etree.org, and nastier .exe files might be at nastier sites. Therefore I'd use the same care in visiting the Wayback web as I would to visit the real-time web!

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Poster:	Brad Leblanc	Date:	February 10, 2006 11:30:20pm
Forum:	etree	Subject:	Re: Archiving Viruses?

Haha, it is indeed an interesting comment! I imagine that companies like McAfee and Symantec have means of archiving viruses (it's in their best interests to do so). Maybe someday you'll see a section for them here where you can download and enjoy them at your leisure. :P

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Poster:	skb archives	Date:	February 11, 2006 01:01:24am
Forum:	etree	Subject:	Re: Archiving Viruses?

I used to have a neighbor who was quite the 'tweaker'. He knew a site where he could download any virus. He would do this and spend his 'free time' trying to fix the computer on his own without any anti-virus software.....kinda scary..

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